Shade-holder for children s carriages



' (No Model.)

' v G. W. PEARCE.

. SHADE'HOLDER FOR CHILDREN'S OARR-IAGES. No. 301,918.

Patented July 15 N PETERS. Pmm-L'nm n her. wamin m. 01;"

UNITED STATES PAT NT, OFF CE.

GEORGE W. PEARCE, OF "PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHADE-HOLDER FOR C'HILDRE'NS CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,918, dated July 15, 1884.

, Application filed January 24, 1884. (No model.) I

is attached a ring or eye, through which is passed the end or tip of the umbrella. A spring of the rod engages with a slotted 'suspension-socket. I

On reference to the accompanyin g drawings,

Figure l is a front view of a sunshade and its suspension attachments. Fig. 2is aside view, partly sectioned. Fig. 3 is aview of the sunshade-tip with its holding-spring. Fig. 4 is a view of the slotted ball and socket, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the suspension-arm.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A is a suspension-arm, which is fixed to and B is aball and socket which engages with the eye a of the arm. k

O is the tip or extension of the sunshadehandle', and b its spring. 1 7

To put my invention in practice the socket B is passed through the eye a of the suspension-arm A. The tip 0 is inserted in the socket, by which .its spring I) is compressed until it reaches the socket-slot 0, by which the pressure is removed, and it instantly recovers its open position, as shown in Figs. 2, 3. The spring bears upon the bottom of the slot 0, for suspending the sunshade over the carriage, the whole being carried by the rod A.

I claim v A suspension-rod, A, in connection with a slotted socket, B, and a spring-tip, O, for the purpose shown and described.

GEORGE W. PEARCE. IVitnesses:

FRANCIS D. PASTORIUS, WILLIAM M. STEWART, Jr. 

